Patents by Inventor Hiroki Tanabe

Hiroki Tanabe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10591064
    Abstract: Provided is a spiral wound gasket that makes it less likely that gaps that are in communication with each other in a spiral shape will remain between layers of a filler member exposed at a gasket face in a state before the gasket is clamped and that is capable of exhibiting sufficient sealability for flanges provided at pipe joints. The present invention provides a spiral wound gasket in which a laminate of a hoop member made of metal and a filler member is wound around an opening and integrated, and which has gasket faces at respective end portions, wherein, at each of the gasket faces, an end portion of the filler member protrudes past an end portion of the hoop member, and the gasket faces have a surface roughness Rz of 30 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yanagitake, Naoyuki Sawamoto, Hiroki Tanabe, Yuta Sato, Kiyoshi Toyazaki
  • Patent number: 10531263
    Abstract: A communication system including: a first terminal device capable of carrying out communication via a first communication network; and a second terminal device capable of carrying out communication via a second communication network, achieves higher usability after completion of use of the second terminal device. The second terminal device includes a second control section configured to: communicate with a predetermined server via the second communication network by use of user information, obtained from the first terminal device, about a user of the first terminal device; and save, on the predetermined server, data that is generated through the communication carried out by use of the user information at completion of that communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Kuwajima, Hiroki Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20190250660
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to carry out communication processing without impairing the comfort of a user. A smartphone (1) includes a frequency defining section (102) configured to, in a case where a current value of communication throughput is greater than a reference value or in a case where an expected value of the communication throughput is equal to or greater than a reference value, define an operating frequency of a CPU (12) as an operating frequency greater than an operating frequency brought into correspondence with a current processing load in first frequency setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: HIROKI TANABE, HIDENORI KUWAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190182648
    Abstract: A communication system including: a first terminal device capable of carrying out communication via a first communication network; and a second terminal device capable of carrying out communication via a second communication network, achieves higher usability after completion of use of the second terminal device. The second terminal device includes a second control section configured to: communicate with a predetermined server via the second communication network by use of user information, obtained from the first terminal device, about a user of the first terminal device; and save, on the predetermined server, data that is generated through the communication carried out by use of the user information at completion of that communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: HIDENORI KUWAJIMA, HIROKI TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190157892
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a charging power determining section and a control section. The charging power determining section determines a state of the charging power with respect to a remaining battery level, with reference to (i) information which indicates whether or not the remaining battery level of a rechargeable battery is lower than a first threshold and (ii) information which indicates whether or not the charging power, which is supplied from an external device to the rechargeable battery, is lower than a second threshold. The control section controls the electronic device to display a result of determination made by the charging power determining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: HISASHI KURODA, HIROKI TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190011049
    Abstract: Provided is a spiral wound gasket that makes it less likely that gaps that are in communication with each other in a spiral shape will remain between layers of a filler member exposed at a gasket face in a state before the gasket is clamped and that is capable of exhibiting sufficient sealability for flanges provided at pipe joints. The present invention provides a spiral wound gasket in which a laminate of a hoop member made of metal and a filler member is wound around an opening and integrated, and which has gasket faces at respective end portions, wherein, at each of the gasket faces, an end portion of the filler member protrudes past an end portion of the hoop member, and the gasket faces have a surface roughness Rz of 30 ?m to 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yuji YANAGITAKE, Naoyuki SAWAMOTO, Hiroki TANABE, Yuta SATO, Kiyoshi TOYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190011048
    Abstract: Provided is a spiral wound gasket that has improved conformability and that is capable of exhibiting sufficient sealability for flanges provided at joints, irrespective of the state of a gap between the flanges. The present invention provides a spiral wound gasket in which a laminate of a hoop member made of metal and a filler member is wound and integrated so as to have an opening at the center, wherein the hoop member has a cross-sectional shape with a bent portion, and V expressed by an equation (I) below is 0.5 to 2.4: V = 1 r ? cos ? ( ? 2 ) , ( I ) where a bending angle constituting the bent portion is ? (°), and a radius of curvature of the bent portion is r (mm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yuji YANAGITAKE, Naoyuki SAWAMOTO, Hiroki TANABE, Yuta SATO, Kiyoshi TOYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180058282
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe structure has: an exhaust pipe through which exhaust from an engine flows; a communicating portion that is formed in a lower surface side of the exhaust pipe further toward a downstream side, in a direction of flow of the exhaust, than a catalyst device provided at the exhaust pipe, and that communicates an interior and an exterior of the exhaust pipe; and a porous body that is disposed at the communicating portion and that leads moisture, which is at the interior of the exhaust pipe, to the exterior of the exhaust pipe by capillary action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio MURATA, Yasuhiko KODA, Hiroki TANABE, Yuta SATO
  • Patent number: 9845876
    Abstract: A gasket in which a high sealing property can be ensured, and a method of producing such a gasket are provided. A gasket 1 is produced by spirally winding a belt-like composite body 13 having a metal mesh member 11 and expanded graphite 12 enveloped by the metal mesh member, and then compression molding the composite body into a tubular shape. The gasket includes a first sealing portion 21 placed in one axial end portion, and a second sealing portion 22 placed in the other axial end portion. The gasket has a sectional shape in which the composite body that is in a bent state overlaps in a radial direction. The composite body includes a bent portion which is radially bent in an acute angle shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanabe, Yuji Yanagitake, Yuta Sato
  • Patent number: 9845877
    Abstract: A method of producing a gasket in which burrs can be prevented from being formed, and a mold failure can be suppressed, and a gasket are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanabe, Yuji Yanagitake, Yuta Sato
  • Patent number: 9829961
    Abstract: An electronic device whose power consumption can be reduced appropriately depending on the condition of use by a user is provided. The electronic device having a power saving mode includes a processor and a plurality of memories configured to be able to become a stopped state individually, and available to the processor. The processor causes a predetermined number of memories among the plurality of memories to become the stopped state, based on a processing load of the processor, to thereby make a shift to the power saving mode. In the power saving mode, the processor has a standby state of restricting the operation of a part of the electronic device and an active state of normally controlling the operation of the electronic device, and maintains the stopped state of the predetermined number of memories regardless of whether the processor is in the standby state or the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Kuroda, Hiroki Tanabe, Junichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9658680
    Abstract: An electronic device whose power consumption can be reduced appropriately depending on the condition of use by a user is provided. The electronic device having a power saving mode includes a processor and a plurality of memories configured to be able to become a stopped state individually, and available to the processor. The processor causes a predetermined number of memories among the plurality of memories to become the stopped state, based on a processing load of the processor, to thereby make a shift to the power saving mode. In the power saving mode, the processor has a standby state of restricting the operation of a part of the electronic device and an active state of normally controlling the operation of the electronic device, and maintains the stopped state of the predetermined number of memories regardless of whether the processor is in the standby state or the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Kuroda, Hiroki Tanabe, Junichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9400052
    Abstract: A gasket in which a high sealing property can be certainly ensured is provided. A gasket 1 is to be interposed between a first flange 21 of a first exhaust pipe 11 and a second flange 22 of a second exhaust pipe 12 in a state where the gasket is fitted onto an end portion of the first exhaust pipe, in order to seal a gap between end portions of the first and second exhaust pipes 11, 12. The gasket 1 includes a first sealing portion 51 and a second sealing portion 52. The first sealing portion has a first butting surface 51a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a first tapered inner circumferential surface 27a of the first flange, and a first projecting portion 51b. The first sealing portion is formed in a radially outer side of the gasket. The second sealing portion has a second butting surface 52a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a second tapered inner circumferential surface of the second flange, and a second projecting portion 52b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignees: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takato Ishihata, Osamu Sawai, Hiroki Tanabe, Yuji Yanagitake, Yuta Sato
  • Publication number: 20160048199
    Abstract: An electronic device whose power consumption can be reduced appropriately depending on the condition of use by a user is provided. The electronic device having a power saving mode includes a processor and a plurality of memories configured to be able to become a stopped state individually, and available to the processor. The processor causes a predetermined number of memories among the plurality of memories to become the stopped state, based on a processing load of the processor, to thereby make a shift to the power saving mode. In the power saving mode, the processor has a standby state of restricting the operation of a part of the electronic device and an active state of normally controlling the operation of the electronic device, and maintains the stopped state of the predetermined number of memories regardless of whether the processor is in the standby state or the active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi KURODA, Hiroki TANABE, Junichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160025225
    Abstract: A method of producing a gasket in which burrs can be prevented from being formed, and a mold failure can be suppressed, and a gasket are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanabe, Yuji Yanagitake, Yuta Sato
  • Publication number: 20160025226
    Abstract: A gasket in which a high sealing property can be ensured, and a method of producing such a gasket are provided. A gasket 1 is produced by spirally winding a belt-like composite body 13 having a metal mesh member 11 and expanded graphite 12 enveloped by the metal mesh member, and then compression molding the composite body into a tubular shape. The gasket includes a first sealing portion 21 placed in one axial end portion, and a second sealing portion 22 placed in the other axial end portion. The gasket has a sectional shape in which the composite body that is in a bent state overlaps in a radial direction. The composite body includes a bent portion which is radially bent in an acute angle shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanabe, Yuji Yanagitake, Yuta Sato
  • Publication number: 20160025223
    Abstract: A gasket in which a high sealing property can be certainly ensured is provided. A gasket 1 is to be interposed between a first flange 21 of a first exhaust pipe 11 and a second flange 22 of a second exhaust pipe 12 in a state where the gasket is fitted onto an end portion of the first exhaust pipe, in order to seal a gap between end portions of the first and second exhaust pipes 11, 12. The gasket 1 includes a first sealing portion 51 and a second sealing portion 52. The first sealing portion has a first butting surface 51a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a first tapered inner circumferential surface 27a of the first flange, and a first projecting portion 51b. The first sealing portion is formed in a radially outer side of the gasket. The second sealing portion has a second butting surface 52a having a tapered shape corresponding to a tapered shape of a second tapered inner circumferential surface of the second flange, and a second projecting portion 52b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicants: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takato ISHIHATA, Osamu SAWAI, Hiroki TANABE, Yuji YANAGITAKE, Yuta SATO
  • Patent number: 9239115
    Abstract: A gland packing provided in a fluid apparatus such as a pump and compressed in an axial direction so as to prevent penetration leakage of a fluid is provided. The gland packing has a packing base material 11 of a predetermined length including a band-like flat braid 12 braided by moving a plurality of yarns 13 along one track K. The band-like packing base material 11 is shaped into a ring by abutting longitudinal ends 12a and 12b of the packing base material 11 so that a width direction thereof is parallel with a packing axial direction, and is then compressed in the axial direction, whereby the packing base material 11 is overlappedly folded in a packing axial direction, with a longitudinal direction of the packing base material 11 as a direction of folding lines 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahisa Ueda, Masaru Fujiwara, Katsunori Sugita, Hiroki Tanabe, Kodai Inoue, Hiroyoshi Nakamitsu
  • Patent number: 8525294
    Abstract: A package-on-package includes a semiconductor package, and a coil provided at the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a bottom face, and a solder ball protruded from the bottom face. An axis of the coil is inclined with respect to the normal line of the bottom face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Tada, Hiroki Tanabe, Yoshinori Okada, Ikuo Kudo
  • Publication number: 20130154198
    Abstract: A gland packing provided in a fluid apparatus such as a pump and compressed in an axial direction so as to prevent penetration leakage of a fluid is provided. The gland packing has a packing base material 11 of a predetermined length including a band-like flat braid 12 braided by moving a plurality of yarns 13 along one track K. The band-like packing base material 11 is shaped into a ring by abutting longitudinal ends 12a and 12b of the packing base material 11 so that a width direction thereof is parallel with a packing axial direction, and is then compressed in the axial direction, whereby the packing base material 11 is overlappedly folded in a packing axial direction, with a longitudinal direction of the packing base material 11 as a direction of folding lines 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Takahisa UEDA, Masaru FUJIWARA, Katsunori SUGITA, Hiroki TANABE, Kodai Inoue, Hiroyoshi NAKAMITSU